Behaviour differences between web Tester and Appery app

Thu May 14, 2015 12:59 pm

Hi,

I have an application that has the first page as a blank page with some javascript on. The javascript is;

 var previouslyOpened = localStorage.getItem('Opened'); 

 if (previouslyOpened) { 
     Apperyio.navigateTo('Logon', {}); 
 } else { 
     Apperyio.navigateTo('Different_Page', {}); 
 }

The Different_Page contains some agreements, and once these are viewed the user is directed to Logon. From then on, whenever the app starts I want them to go directly to Logon. The Logon page has the following javascript on load;

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 localStorage.setItem('Opened', true);

This seems to work fine using the built in web Tester on Appery. On each load after the first load, they are directed to the Logon page.

This does not work when using the Appery.io iOS app to preview your app. What happens is that the blank start page loads, it successfully directs you to the Different_Page but then immediately navigates back to the blank start page.

There are no navigation elements on any other pages. I do not know why this is happening, but can only assume that the Appery.io preview app renders my app slightly differently.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thu May 14, 2015 2:53 pm

Hello Michael,

Could you please check for the errors in a browser console when you test your app in a browser?

Thu May 14, 2015 3:10 pm

It works fine in the browser on PC. It is the Appery preview (iOS) app that displays the strange behaviour.

Thu May 14, 2015 8:09 pm

The javascript is currently on the Load event. If I change this to be on the 'Tap' event, and then tap the screen to run the javascript, it works fine.

EDIT: I have now changed it from Load to Page Show and it works as expected.